Ha, the pasta sauce thing got me. That's the part nobody talks about with cards, you just swipe and never feel it. So here's my real question: when you borrowed from the gas envelope, did you pay it back the next week or did it just stay gone? I ask because that's where my whole system fell apart last time. Once one envelope gets raided, the rest start looking like fair game too.

Man that stomping at midnight stuff is rough, I feel for you. Dealt with a guy above me who sounded like he was bowling every night and it wore me down after a while. The note plus number thing is smart because it makes it personal instead of just a faceless complaint. Sounds like you got lucky with a decent neighbor who actually cared enough to come apologize. Mine would've just crumpled the note and thrown it on the floor.

What made the fancy layout harder to scan, was it too much stuff on the page or just the flipping? Curious if you kept any of the pieces from the pretty version or tossed the whole thing.